UHS of Laurel Heights
Atlanta · GA · DeKalb County · Public · K-12 combined
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Laurel Heights Academy (Hospital) → Paideia School → Hillside Conant School → Midtown High School → Ben Franklin Academy → Druid Hills High School → Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School → The New School Atlanta →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How UHS of Laurel Heights compares for families
What families should know about UHS of Laurel Heights.
- ▸ LocallyGA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Laurel Heights Academy (Hospital), Paideia School, Hillside Conant School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +13.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 53 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Heights Academy (Hospital) Atlanta |
Private | 0.1 | 87 | — |
| Paideia School Atlanta |
Private | 0.7 | 986 | +1.1% |
| Hillside Conant School Atlanta |
Public | 1.4 | 44 | — |
| Midtown High School Atlanta |
Public | 1.5 | 1,696 | +9.8% |
| Ben Franklin Academy Atlanta |
Private | 1.8 | 94 | -10.5% |
| Druid Hills High School Atlanta |
Public | 1.9 | 1,468 | +9.6% |
| Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School Atlanta |
Private | 2.5 | 508 | +82.7% |
| The New School Atlanta Atlanta |
Private | 2.6 | 91 | +13.8% |